Advertising sign



Ngv. 6, 1928. 1,690,149

- R. H. wATKlNs ADVERTISING SIGN Filed March 28, 1928 2 sheets-'sheetl 1 (C/i159'. l.

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' y 1,690,149 R. H. wATKlNs K ADVERTI SING SIGN Filed March 28, 1928 2 Sheets-.Sheet 2 fnfuentan l 7a Wauw.

Attorney l" tiall on the line 3-3 of Figure 1,

Patented Nov. 6, 1928.

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application inea itaricii. as, reas. 'sensi esame.

The present inventionrelates to advertising sign and aims to provide a device of thisgnaturesimulating acoile'e pot andthe prime object of the invention resides 1n the provision of a sign ot' this nature whichis simple in its construction, strong and durable, inexpensive to manufacture and set up andv otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in View as will appear as the description proceeds, lthe invention resides in certain novel features of. construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed. l i

In the drawings: i

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the design embodyingthe features of my invention,

FigureQis a top plan view therethrough,

Figure Sis a detail vsect-ion taken substan- Figure 4 is a detail section taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Figure 1,

Figure 5 is a detail section taken substantially on the line 5--5 Vof Figure 1, and

Flgure 6 is a detail section taken substantially on the line 6-6 of Figure l1.

Referring to the drawing in det-ail it will be seen that the numerals 5 denote a plurality of uprights arranged in a circular manf ner Y and inclining upwardly toward each other. These angle iron uprights V5 may have i their lower ends in concrete bases embedded in the ground. On the upper portions ot' the uprights 5 there is mounted a truste-conical body A with a cover C on the top thereof, a spout simulating member projecting therefrom and braced as at 6 and a handle simulating member H on the side opposite the spout simulating member S.

VThe body A is formed in a plurality of sections 7 curved transversely and having one side edge formed with an inwardly extending channel flange 8 and the other side edge formed with an inwardly directed flange 9.

The flanges 9 are adapted `to be received in the channel flanges 8 and thesefianges 8 and 9 are bolted together asat 10. The side edges ot the sections 7 converge upwardly toward 'each other s0 as to give the body A the trustoconical formation when the sections are fined together.

On the inner surface of each section 7 there is dis osed a band segment 12 against which is hel a member 14 V-shaped in cross section.

The member 14the band segiiieijit 12 section 7 "are riveted together as 11115'. Bolts llieitendthrough the sections, .the band ,seg-` ineiits, the lii'eihb'er 14 'and "the angle iron upright so as to anchor these parts together 1n a secure manner. i

The upper ends of the sections 7 Vare provided with outwardly disposed rolls or bead portions 17. The'cover C comprises a conical shaped body 18 the base of which is formed with an outwardly directed channel iiange 19 U-shaped in cross section andan insert cylinder 2O has its upper edge formed with an out'-y wardly directed annular flange 21 received in the channelflange 19 and this memberQO tits down in the upper portion of the body A as is clearly illustrated in Figure 4.

The handle simulating member H includes the curved body terminating in downwardly projecting ends riveted as at 23 to one of the sections 7. In the present embodiment of the 1 invention `there are four of these sections 7 one having thehandle simulating member H thereon and an opposite one having the spout simulating member S thereon. simulating member H is formed with longitudinally extending ribs 24 with reinforcements-25 therein.

The sections 7, the spout simulating mem# ber S thehandle simulating member I-I, and 'the cover C are constructed of sheet metal and may be stamped or otherwise formed in the manner indicated above. Itis thought that the construction, utility, and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof. The present embodiment oi' theV invention is obviously capable ot being manui'acturedV at a relatively low `cost and yet have therequired strength and durability.

This embodiment, however, has been dis- Vclosed in detail .merely byway: ot example since in actual practice it attains the features ot advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description. It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing trom the spirit vor scope ot the invention as hereinafterclaimed or sacriticing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is: f

A sign of the class described comprising a plurality of uprights, n rusto-conical body The handle of band segments in the body associated with each section transversely thereot1 and fitting against the inner surface thereof, members ot' V-shaped sectional forn'iation disposed against the inner surfaces oi' the segment. ineans securing the members, segments and sections together, bolts extending through the sections, segments, members and uprights to anchor them together.

In testimony whereof l afiix my signature.

ROTCHER H. WATK 1N S. 

